AusCycling announces Emerging and Developing athlete categorisations for 2024-25

AusCycling is pleased to announce the athletes categorised as Emerging and Developing in the disciplines of track, road, BMX racing, BMX freestyle and mountain bike XCO for 2024/25. 

The AusCycling Emerging and Developing categorisation lists contain 98 athletes for the forthcoming 12 months.

Those riders join a further 90 Podium-level categorised athletes in the AusCycling Performance Pathway network.

From the 98 athletes named, 10 have represented the ARA Australian Cycling Team at the elite-level over the past 12 months on the track, road and BMX freestyle park.

Notably, Sarah Nicki is currently competing in the BMX freestyle Olympic Qualifier Series for Australia.

13 of the 23 Emerging or Developing categorised road riders raced in UCI WorldTour events during the summer of cycling earlier this year for the ARA Australian Cycling Team or their respective trade team.

The current crop of talent at the Emerging or Developing level has also delivered five junior world championships in the past 12 months.

On the road in Glasgow last August, Oscar Chamberlain and Felicity Wilson-Haffenden swept the junior individual time trial world championships. On the track in Colombia later that month, Tayte Ryan won the junior men’s 1000m time trial rainbow jersey. Another age-level sweep occurred last week in the USA courtesy of Teya Rufus and Joshua Jolly winning both junior BMX racing world titles.

AusCycling Director of Performance Pathways Donna Rae-Szalinski said she is excited to have observed the level and depth of world-class talent currently in the AusCycling Performance Pathway network.

“The provision of a robust and diverse pathway is essential as a cultivator of the next generation of champions and ultimately the runway to Brisbane 2032,” Rae-Szalinski said.

Athlete categorisation is used to identify, track, and prioritise athletes at each stage of the Performance Pathway, developing a pipeline of athletes to support the national team in consistently winning medals at major international events: namely Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, world championships and Commonwealth Games.

The AusCycling Performance Pathway explained

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Developing and Emerging categorisations: May 2024 – April 2025

Developing

BMX Freestyle

• Sarah Nicki – QLD
• Keegan Pryor – QLD
• Samual Grace – QLD
• Xavier Gilbee – VIC

BMX Racing

• Bella May – VIC
• Isabella Schramm – QLD
• Sienna Pal – NSW
• Teya Rufus – QLD
• Joel Marsh – SA
• Joshua Jolly – VIC
• Jack Davis – NSW
• Jordan Callum – WA
• Matthew Tidswell – SA
• Noah Elton – NSW
• Oliver Moran – NSW
• Thomas Tucker – QLD

Track (Sprint)

• Finn Carpenter – SA
• Maxwell Liebeknecht – SA
• Ryan Elliott – QLD
• Molly McGill – QLD
• Lauren Perry – TAS

Track (Endurance)

• Jack Dohler – WA
• Kurt Eather – NSW
• Leo Zimmermann – SA
• Noah Blannin – QLD
• Tyler Tomkinson – QLD
• Wil Holmes – SA
• Isla Carr – WA
• Keira Will – NSW
• Sally Carter – WA
• Sophie Marr – VIC

Road

• Ella Simpson – QLD
• Felicity Wilson-Haffenden – TAS
• Isabelle Carnes – QLD
• Lucinda Stewart – VIC
• Mackenzie Coupland – WA
• Brady Gilmore – WA
• Cameron Rogers – ACT
• Declan Trezise – QLD
• Fergus Browning – VIC
• Jackson Medway – QLD
• Matthew Greenwood – QLD
• Oscar Chamberlain – ACT
• Will Eaves – TAS
• Zac Marriage – SA

Mountain Bike (XCO)

• Izzy Flint – TAS
• Jack Ward – VIC
• Joel Dodds – QLD

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Emerging

BMX Freestyle

• Brodie Quick – VIC
• Cooper Wilson – VIC
• Jak Mohr – QLD
• Will Spedding – NSW

BMX Racing

• Charlotte Guy – QLD
• Aaron (AJ) Donald – NSW
• Bailey Seckold – QLD
• Preston Murray – SA
• Samuel O’Grady – VIC

Track (Sprint)

• Kai Arbery – SA
• Noah Mason – NSW
• Tayte Ryan – SA
• Xavier Bland – NSW
• Deneaka Blinco – QLD
• Emma Stevens – QLD
• Liliya Tatarinoff – NSW
• Maya Dillon – NSW
• Tyler Puzicha – NSW

Track (Endurance)

• Alex Eaves – TAS
• Alex Hewes – QLD
• Bailey Macdonald – ACT
• Edward Marcks – ACT
• Jack Clark – SA
• Jonas Shelverton – TAS
• Oscar Gallagher – VIC
• Sam Washington – WA
• Sam McKee – TAS
• Toby Jones – QLD
• Will Heath – QLD
• Anna Dubier – NSW
• Amelie Sanders – QLD
• Leani van der Berg – SA
• Lilyth Jones – VIC
• Nicole Duncan – NSW
• Summer Nordmeyer – SA

Road

• Bronte Stewart – NSW
• Lauren Bates – ACT
• Talia Appleton – VIC
• Cohen Jessen – VIC
• Finlay McRobbie – WA
• Jeremy Smith – WA
• Josh Cranage – SA
• Max Goold – VIC
• Toby Inglis – NSW

Mountain Bike (XCO)

• Connor Wright – WA
• Eddie Mungoven – ACT
• Harry Doye – VIC
• Levi Dougherty – QLD
• Ruby Taylor – VIC
• Vinnie Manion – TAS

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2024 Podium-level athlete categorisations

The next round of Emerging and Developing categorisations will take place in April 2025.

The next round of Podium-level categorisations will take place in October/November 2024.